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Dreaming of a campout, but can’t afford a tent? Grand Rapids and Detroit with more cities to come are launching gear libraries to break down economic barriers to the Great Outdoors. ....
Gear library builds new generation of outdoor adventurers JASON BLEVINS, The Colorado Sun April 24, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail LEADVILLE, Colo. (AP) Vanessa Saldivar was 5 when her father hiked her up the bunny slope at Mt. Hood Skibowl in Oregon. She didn’t have a fancy jacket. She used socks as mittens. Her dad gave her a nudge. And she was hooked. “All these barriers just broke down in that moment,” said the new executive director of Get Outdoors Leadville!, which recently opened a new gear library that lends outdoor equipment to Lake County residents. “The gear library is addressing those barriers. How big of a difference would this have made in my community growing up? I could have had gloves!” ....
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